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Movie Review: Stakeout Turns 30
Stakeout exists in a bizarre space in our popular memory. The action-comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez opened the first weekend of August, 1987 at the top of the box office. The film went on to rank in the top 10 highest grossing films of the year and earned mostly positive reviews from critics. Then, it simply faded from memory. Sure, 6 years after the release of Stakeout they got around to making a bad sequel, shoulder shruggingly titled Another Stakeout, that did the original film no favors, but why did this successful movie mostly disappear from popular memory?
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Review
Now on to the review for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. This movie came out in 2011. I don’t remember being too hyped for it, but the movie delivered. The acting is good. Shia Lebeouf returns but Megan Fox has been replaced (written out LOL). Dark of the Moon is a darker film than its two predecessors…much more so!
By Matthew Sullivan8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Kidnap
Halle Berry has been on an astonishing losing streak at the box office since she won the Academy Award for her starring role in Monster’s Ball. Ever since the night she won people’s hearts with her teary and historic Oscar acceptance speech, Berry has made one wrong turn after another whether making bad big budget comic book movies, all X-Men sequels or spinoffs, or bad low budget thrillers, Perfect Stranger, Gothika, The Call, or head-scratching, defiantly awful fare such as Movie 43, Cloud Atlas and Catwoman, Berry seemed bent on full career sabotage.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Atomic Blonde Review
The Cold War spy thriller. Perpetual snow (it's never summer in the Soviet bloc), coats, double agents, bad hair, Germans, retro tech, shifting loyalties and no shortage of scenes at checkpoints giving the slip with fake passports. Atomic Blonde injects it with a killer soundtrack, LOTS of reds and blues, Charlize Theron brawling her way through Berlin, leaving the rest of the film stuck on the wrong side of the wall.
By Nicholas Anthony8 years ago in Geeks
The Wheel of Time Adaptation
Just as prelude to this post, I would like to state that I feel the inevitable comparisons to Game of Thrones are unwarranted. The only things these two fantastic series have in common are that they are both a part of the fantasy genre. And that's it. That's where the similarities begin and end. However, the comparisons are inevitable and I've included it in this post for the sole purpose of proving a point.
By Darshan Desai8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: The Dark Tower
To whomever said that Stephen King’s epic novel The Dark Tower was un-adaptable to the big screen, we owe you a Coke. The supremely silly movie sequel to King’s dense Dark Tower book series is an embarrassment to all involved from King to director Nicolaj Arcel to Academy Award winning star Matthew McConaughey and Academy Award nominated producer Ron Howard, who for some reason passed on directing The Dark Tower himself; golly, I can’t imagine why?
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
It Comes At Night
It Comes At Night is bleak. Unremittingly so. This is, for all intents and purposes, a waking nightmare designed to make us squirm and question the moral quandary at the centre of this grouped two-hander while appreciating the evocative atmosphere, wonderful dark imagery, and brilliant unsettling performances. Yes, it can be a film to admire more than love, which might come later, if ever you deign to watch it again, but really, once around is enough.
By Nicholas Anthony8 years ago in Geeks
How Finding a Fandom Saved My Friend's Life
The internet can be a scary place. There are so many issues that come to light like pedophiles and child pornography. That said, the internet can be the sprouting ground for beautiful friendships and that's how this story begins.
By Megan Roche8 years ago in Geeks
